Seller charging me $125 for shipping!!!

[hattg]

I would like to see a link to one of the auctions to see what the terms actually say. Also, you can ask the guy to ship them all separate since you might pay for them all separately, but do you actually think he will? No way! Only justice you get from that is he gets charged the small fee for each payment, but still WAY excessive.

EBay usually doesn't even deal with excessive shipping charges until its over something like 10 times the actual amount. But in this case it sounds like it is much more than that.

Personally, I am tired of sellers that sell very low and make it all up in the shipping. Like someone said earlier, they don't have to pay fees on it that way, so they make more money. I try to avoid these sellers as much as possible. If I can get something for the same total price from someone else I will.

[yok-dfa]

Did you guys actually read this thread? He already paid for them and already has received the game

[Griking]

Did you guys actually read this thread? He already paid for them and already has received the game

Really!

Please, just let it go. It's over.

[Captain Wrong]

This thread is hilarious.

Let's see...seller says shipping is $6.95 and he won't combine. kevin_psx says he knew that before bidding and went ahead and bid anyway. Then he expects to get some discount on shipping and gets his nose bent out of joint when the guy doesn't do it.

Well, at least you did the right thing and paid up for your games. Hope it was worth it and let this be a lesson to you to stay away from those penny auctions.

[ianoid]

We've all heard it before: There's no such thing as a free lunch. Nobody is giving away games for 1 cent. NOBODY. Everyone has to make money somehow to justify their time, and pay their eBay fees.

When you look at an auction, the total price you are paying is the auction price + shipping price. If you don't know the shipping cost before you bid, you don't know what you are paying. Lesson learned, I'm sure.

Clearly alot of people are taking the shady route and making their money on shipping. It's a way to avoid fees.
I think that the only thing you can do is to try to bring this to eBay's attention as a fee avoidance scheme.

$1 for my Toyata Prius. $25,000 for shipping. No local pick ups allowed.

Soapbox ian: I sell alot of games with free shipping. I just factor in the $1.50 it will cost me to ship first class with delivery confirmation in the US or Canada in the min and BIN price. I have had great success with this method. Of course, if you want your game mint or are worried about a case crack, you really oughta spend the extra $3 on priority mail shipping. So remember, even free shipping has a catch.

[ianoid]

Case and point:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ID3-SD-MMC-MP3-P...QQcmdZViewItem

Check out the shipping. That's a nice fee avoidance scheme if I've ever seen it.

[kevin_psx]

UPDATE


The games were not "mint". 5 were okay. 15 damaged. The
Seller said he'd give price + ship = full refund--- I agreed &
returned them. DC # 0305 0830 0001 6328 7893 shows
he has them but I have no refund. Seller's dishonest.

[kevin_psx]

double post - please delete

[kevin_psx]

UPDATE

In the sellers auctions he stated he does not offer a discount on shipping if you buy more than one item. Therefore, the member has not violated any current eBay listing policies.

So that's that. I suspected that would happen, even while I was bidding, but I thought $175 / 24 = $7.00 per "mint" games was still a good deal.

That jackass sethpackard still has not refunded the money for the 15 damaged games I mailed back!!!!!!!

He stole 150 bucks!

The mo-fo.

[sirhansirhan]

Hey, I'm so glad you bumped this thread. It's fun to compare your problem here with posts you've recently put on other people's threads:

$125 for 20 ps1 games.

Asked for a 50% rebate - $62.50. He refused. His defense - "Auction States : I don’t combine shipping, for every 5 games you win, I include a FREE game."

Okay. I get 24 games. $125 is still extra-high for shipping. Am I wrong to ask for 50% rebate? Shall I just suck it up?

If you bid w/o asking questions--- you are not following Ebay rules.

I get tired of how greedy people are on eBay.

People are there to make money. Nothing wrong with that.

Would you like some cheese with your whine? -falls over laughing

See?

[kevin_psx]

If you bid w/o asking questions--- you are not following Ebay rules.

Yes. Asked the seller "will you combine shipping" before bidding. I chose to bid-- figuring $7 for each mint game was still an okay deal. I follow the rules.

[Darth Sensei]

I just thought that since the other thread was locked I would add this here. These are the 2 PM's I received from Kev.

[PMs deleted by mod]

Obsess much? Just let it go little man.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Yes, because posting stuff that's argued through Private Messages is mature. You really showed him!

For cris'sakes, someone lock this thread already.

[Queen Of The Felines]

Done.

Cue, honey, please don't post private PMs like that again, ok?

Kristine